There are more serious offenders

Earlier this year, I was pulled over by a traffic officer, who asked me for my driver’s licence, which I had forgotten at home.
He then proceeded to ask me for my identity number which I said I did not know. He then said I should phone home and get it. I told him that the only person at home was my helper and two kids (I mentioned to him that my helper would not know where to find my personal documents).
He said I should phone my husband to get it. I told him that my husband was at work in Richard’s Bay. He then asked me to pull off and wait until someone could get it for me. When I asked him how long must I wait, he said I must just park on one side.
While getting the rest of my info eg work details and address, he could not spell my name, so I had to spell it over four times before he could write down. He kept me waiting while he spoke on his cellphone while taking down my info.
He went to his car, as I continued to sit in my car. He then sent another Indian male traffic officer to ask me to come to him. As I approached him, he was on the radio with the traffic department, asking if I had a valid driver’s licence. I am convinced that because he saw I had a learner sign, he thought that I was lying about having a driver’s licence.
Eventually he questioned me over and over again about my name in presence of another female officer. He asked if my first name is Lee, so I said no it is Lee-Ann (one word), he asked me why does it come up as two different names. I told him that it has a hyphen in the middle but it’s one name. Eventually after half an hour he let me go with a fine. There are much more serious offenders on the roads, so me being treated like that is very unfair.
I have reported this to the traffic department, who said that they will revert back, but to date I have not received any feedback.
MRS LEE-ANN GOVENDER
Etete
I think you got off lightly. No licence, no ID, nobody to corroborate who you claimed to be. Lucky you weren’t locked up. How did you expect him to react? If he said ‘Goodbye ma’am, have a nice day,” he wouldn’t be doing his job – Editor.